Radish

Radish are a fast and easy vegetable to grow and are an ideal space filler between slow maturing vegetables such as brussels sprouts, broccoli and parsnips. The crop can be ready to eat in as little as 4 weeks from sowing.

Many gardeners have started their vegetable growing experience by sowing a packet of radish seeds when they were children.

There are two varieties, summer and winter.

Summer radish are best harvested when young when they are not too hot in flavour. The older the root becomes the hotter the flavour and as the name suggests they are grown over the summer months.

Winter radish have a stronger flavour and courser texture. They are sown in autumn and are left to grow much larger in size compared to summer varieties, winter varieties can be stored over the winter months.

Radish come in a variety of shapes and colours, round, semi long, long, red, black, white etc.

They are an ideal vegetable for beginners and children as they are very fast growing and are relatively trouble free. If grown in containers especially ensure the soil or compost is kept moist to prevent the roots developing a woody texture.